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White Wolf Fian: Warp-weighted loom re-challenge
Three years has come and gone since I created my Herjolfsnes dress and it is necessary for me to re-challenge to remain in the Order of the White Wolf Fian. For the re-challenge, I decided to make a warp-weighted loom and weave a piece of 2/2 twill cloth approximately 80 cm in width. Although I have read about them and seen many photographs and ( Read more... ) -
Sleeveless Outer Gown
My most recent weaving has been enough yardage of 2/1 wool twill to make a sleeveless outer gown. I used 3-ply peruvian highland wool for the project and the resulting cloth (after washing) has 6 weft threads/cm and 7 warp threads/cm. It's a nice crimson red, a colour that could have been achieved quite simply using Rubiaceae dyes, over-dyed in a ( Read more... ) -
Herjolfsnes 41: lower sleeves with buttons
The original Herjolfsnes 41 garment has 26 cm slits up the lower sleeves with 16 fabric buttons, spaced about 1.5 cm apart (Ostergard, 2009). Hold onto your hats because the buttonhole sides of the slits are not hemmed! However, the twill fabric of these edges was ingeniously engineered with reinforcing, which include:
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Herjolfsnes Challenge: Acc. no. D10583 (Norlund no. 41)
I finished my plain weave green and white cloth! After gentling washing it measures 41.5 cm wide and 8.8 m in length. Here's what almost 9 m of cloth looks like like on the rigid heddle loom, on the floor, and washed, pressed and folded!
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Common medieval weaving in Europe: tabby and 2/1 twill
One of my favourite textile reads of the past year has been the thesis, Textile Finds from Medieval Cesspits in Tartu: Technology, Trade and Consumption, by Riina Rammo (Rammo, 2015). Dr. Rammo discusses thousands of fragments of medieval cloth (14th and 15th centuries) from the town of Tartu, Estonia. She described the types of yarns used in ( Read more... ) -
White Wolf Fian Challenge: Herjolfsnes 42 - complete!
This is the fun post - just action shots!
I love this gown. For now it will be the layer I wear over my linen shift, and once I have made another dress that is a bit more fitted, this one will get pocket slits and become an over dress. I feel absolutely beautiful when I am wearing it. Thanks to Elina and all of the Herjolfsnes Challenge supporters ( Read more... ) -
White Wolf Fian Challenge: Herjolfsnes 42 (lower hem: singling and slynging)
The last step of this project is to complete the lower hem of the garment, which measures approximately 3 m ( Read more... ) -
White Wolf Fian Challenge: Herjolfsnes 42 (sleeves)
The sleeves are one of my favourite things about this dress. The width of the upper arm is just perfect - not too narrow as to be tight when this gown is worn over top of a more fitted dress - and narrow at the wrist, with that very, very useful slit. These sleeves can be turned up in a moment to tackle wet and messy jobs ( Read more... ) -
White Wolf Fian Challenge: Herjolfsnes 42 (the main seams)
My Herjolfsnes 42 gown is coming along very well. I work on it most evenings for at least an hour at a time ( Read more... )